Free Fire

"Wheatley (A Field in England; High-Rise) continues an unbroken run of quality, helped by a great cast and a startlingly effective premise. This is seriously cool, stuffed with great dialogue and riddled with bullets." - Empire

“A comedy and a labor of love, Free Fire is a takeoff on 1970s action films concentrating on pure visceral thrills, directed by Britain’s Ben Wheatley.

“It’s the late 1970s in Boston, and an IRA operative, Chris (Cillian Murphy), with a briefcase full of cash, wants to purchase several dozen high-powered assault weapons. Accompanying Chris are a handful of characters — it’s a terrific cast — played by Brie Larson, Michael Smiley and Sam Riley.

“The sellers are led by Sharlto Copley’s hilariously loutish Vern. His team includes Armie Hammer, a ferocious Jack Reynor and a former Black Panther played by Babou Ceesay. There’s bad blood between the Reynor and Riley characters and what follows is a shootout for the ages.” - San Francisco Chronicle